The Bührle art collection, one of the most beautiful in the world

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Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890): Sower at Sunset, 1888 Bührle collection

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906): The Boy in the Red Vest, around 1888-1890 Sammlung Bührle

Edgar Degas (1834-1917): Dancers in the Foyer, around 1889 Sammlung Bührle

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899): Summer at Bougival, 1876 Sammlung Bührle

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901): Messalina, 1900-1901 Bührle collection

Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920): Nude lying with open arms, 1916 Bührle collection

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828): Procession in Valencia Bührle collection

Chaim Soutine (1893-1943): A Lady's Portrait, 1928 Sammlung Bührle

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): Saint Augustine, 1620 Sammlung Bührle

Antonio Canal (Il Canaletto, 1697-1768): The Canal at Santa Maria della Salute, around 1738-1742 Sammlung Bührle

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877): Portrait of a Hunter, 1858 Bührle collection

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903): The Offering, 1902 Sammlung Bührle

Claude Monet: Waterloo Bridge, 1899-1901 Sammlung Bührle

Pissarro, The Road from Osny to Pontoise, 1873 Sammlung Bührle

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Emil Georg Bührle (1890-1956) was passionate about French art of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Zurich industrialist built up one of the most important private collections of European paintings.

The Bührle art collection is rich in works by French Impressionists and other 19th-century artists who were precursors or contemporaries of the Impressionist movement. Bührle made most of his acquisitions between 1951 and 1956, and the main theme of the collection is the gradual development of new artistic freedom, the basis of modern art.

In 1960, the collector’s family established a foundation in which a representative selection of around 200 paintings and sculptures was assembled and made accessible to the public. 

(Photo credit: Stiftung  Sammlung E.G. BührleExternal link)